White Mojo Speciality Coffee & Roaster

White Mojo was absolutely fantastic with our group breaky! Highly recommend you book a spot because this place is super popular and gets busy! If you have to wait in line for a table, it’s well worth it. It’s a gorgeous spot in Melb! James, the manager there, was easy to communicate with and accommodating. The menu is great with some delicious options. Coffee was perfect and the team were super attentive. Thank you for having us, we’ll be back! Highly recommended �

*late review*

I went there with my friend we ordered and had to wait up to 30 minutes to get served, while the restaurant isn’t crowded at all. In return, the dish was excellent but hopefully don’t to wait that long in the future.

We ordered the Signature Croissant Burger and their award winning Double Cheese Chilli Scramble Egg. The black latte with bonsay was surprisingly very nice!!
Food: 3/5
Service: 4.5/5
Ambience: 3/5

Do you actually know what Mojo means? ✨ Mojo mean magic so I think we can all agree that it made sense to be visiting these guys first first as landing back to Melbourne!

And not just that, really! But actually the place is located in the iconic and one and only laneways of Melbourne. I don’t think I could be any more Melbournian right now 😂 such a cliche, such a very needed and welcomed cliche indeed!

The cafe has both an outdoor seating area and an inside, with different patterns and styles.
The outside features a more tradicional and Melbourne style, with the little white wood tables, but with a touch of mystery to it, due to the shadows that the building naturally creates. Maybe not just mysterious but actually mystic even. Very enjoyable to hang outside and that’s where I opted to have brunch.
The inside is absolutely stunning too though and a whole different world. The walls have a beehive pattern and it resembles a glove even and they also feature painting of very peculiar drawings and drafts. Skulls. But not just any skulls - artistic and flower themed skulls! Absolutely incredible. Each table is also carefully taken care of and I loved and they feature some flowers that are dry yet beautiful.

Besides the great enriching environment, the signs are all inviting and they have a sign at the entrance that says ‘come in, we’re awesome’. And of course, there’s a reverse ☺️ and that says ‘closed, but still awesome’ 😂 the staff was also welcoming and they are quite helpful to cater for special dietary requirements. Being lactose intolerant and eating mostly plant based, I definitely think that after looking at the menu (which I had before visiting), they should have more options or alternatives.

Being in the centre of the city and such a reputable cafe, it’s important to please everyone and make sure that people have not just one option but actually a couple of options that can pick from, when there’s a specific dietary reason. No one likes to feel limited or embarrassed to be asking for alterations and alternatives, and even then, sometimes risking to get the wrong ingredients in the ordered meal, so I definitely think that is something that they should consider changing. Keeping up with the rest of the cafe trends too is important and getting a more plant based friendly side to things is always appreciated.

Either way, the staff was extremely helpful to make the meals dairy free friendly and to my preference. Unfortunately there wasn’t any sweet option that could be done dairy free or vegan, so I had to stick with the savoury meals and this is what I had:

Crushed Green - a combination of avocado and green pea mash that in a sentence is A WHOLE LOT OF A MEAL 👌 seriously if you’re a avocado toast lover, you’ll absolutely drool over this one. The serving is absolutely fantastic and very generous and the fact that it has peas inside (both whole and blended!) makes it quite interesting and different than the other places I’ve visited and when for the usual and classic avo toast. There’s also an extra avocado tahini purée that for someone that prefers sweet meals, was slightly too much 😂, but in an objective perspective, it’ll be very much loved and appreciated by most savoury lovers. As you can see, they don’t space of avocado and it such it great in quality and overall taste! My favourite part was definitely and undoubtedly the mixed seeds nuts of top of the whole spread. I love any church to meals and that was outstanding and just the ultimate touch to make me happy with this meal👌it also comes with some cherry tomato, nicely dressed and some radish that I was a fan too. I personally was welcomed the poached egg that came with a special touch to it - some dark powder to it! Stunning! On the bottom you have two pieces of crunchy and toasted sourdough that are previously also sprinkled with olive oil and give a difference to other places. You can also add chicken to the meal if you want to make it more filling 🤗

Middle Eastern Salad - mixed filling about this one! Absolutely in love with the ingredients and how the meal came - presentation is great! It is an absolute wholesome meal too as it combines chickpea hummus with a mix of barley and lentils dressed in rapeseed vinaigrette. However in only comes with rostered carrots, some avocado and some pieces of orange and I personally feel that it needs some kind of bread in it so you can actually get some more consistency and crunchiness to the meal. I actually asked for a side of sourdough and the extra turned out to be the perfect solution and I wouldn’t have it any other way. So I would definitely recommend that if you’re visiting and you want to have this, ask for a little piece of bread and you’ll see how life changing it is! If comes with a couple of roasted hazelnuts and zatar too which I also think there should be more. Despite loving the ingredients separately here, I think that the whole predominantly fat mix of hummus and avocado is too much considering the serving is quite significant! I would personally even rather have more lentils and less hummus because there that consistency element missing 😂 But of course that’s only my opinion and others might feel differently. I leave the friendly suggestions above but of course I still enjoyed it.

Create your own - you also have the option to create your own meal and you can pick from some of the sides and make your own creation. I personally wanted something simple so I just added cured salmon, that was great in presentation and serving 👌 and some roasted mushrooms and tomatoes that were massive in size and absolutely incredible in taste! A simple yet delicious choice for those that want to personalise and make a more specific request! It’s a great idea in my opinion!

Black Latte with Bonsoy - I have to say that even though this was just a drink, this was definitely the highlight of my meal. As a sweet person, I definitely prefer anything sweet 😂and this was just outstanding! I had actually never had a black sesame latte but I had had a smoothie/shake before and I had adored the taste. It’s similar to chocolate but kind of less intense, so definitely ideal for those people that like chocolate but not too much! The blend is made also with soy and not any other milk because of the combination of flavours and I absolutely loved how perfect and balanced it was. There was some powder accumulation on the bottom but I think it was from taking a bit of time for the pictures because I didn’t feel any lack of taste and there was no aftertaste either. Loved it and would definitely recommend not just for the instaworthy pictures but definitely for for the taste and drink itself. An applause to the barista too for the great latte art.

Iced Matcha Latte - good presentation! In terms of taste, I have to say that it was slightly too strong and a little too much matcha in the mix. But still enjoyable and within what can be acceptable 👌😂 the size isn’t very big - it’s a small clear glass and I think that it should be slight bigger if we were talking about a smoothie, but for a latte it was appropriate. Not 100% happy with it but still not too bad. Would have rather had another sesame latte instead though 😂

Almond Latte - INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE. I don’t think I’ve ever been more grateful for a coffee. Especially for a REAL Melbourne coffee. The taste was superb and the froth was just right. This doesn’t make vem need me to make a rant - it is perfect and that’s why they also won awards from it. Period.

I had a great time here and I think the venue is not only well located but they certainly know how to provide good hospitality. They are missing on allergen friendly and plant based meals (especially when it comes the sweet options) and I know that they certainly can create something great here if they want to!

I really enjoyed this place! The coffee was delicious and we were well looked after by the staff. It was great service. They were very attentive and friendly.